New Titles

Crown of flames

DasGupta, Sayantani,


"Pinki, a young rakkhosh fire demon, does not want to lead the resistance against the Serpentine overlords, and she certainly does not want to be chosen rakkhosh queen, but somehow she finds herself wearing the crown of flames, with all the responsibilities and possibilities that come with it"--OCLC.
Date Published:2022

The young man and the sea

Philbrick, W. R., (W. Rodman)


Wilson's Children, July 2005. School Library Journal starred, February 2004. Publisher's Weekly, February 2004. Booklist, January 2004. Horn Book, October 2004. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2004. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2004. Kirkus Review, January 2004. Library Media Connection, April 2004. Kliatt Starred, January 2004. After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Skiff Beaman decides that it is up to him to earn money to take care of himself and his father, so he undertakes a dangerous trip alone out on the ocean off the coast of Maine to try to catch a huge bluefin tuna.
Date Published:2005

Wilson's Children, July 2005. School Library Journal starred, February 2004. Publisher's Weekly, February 2004. Booklist, January 2004. Horn Book, October 2004. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2004. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2004. Kirkus Review, January 2004. Library Media Connection, April 2004. Kliatt Starred, January 2004. After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Skiff Beaman decides that it is up to him to earn money to take care of himself and his father, so he undertakes a dangerous trip alone out on the ocean off the coast of Maine to try to catch a huge bluefin tuna.

Date Published:2005

Solimar : the sword of the Monarchs /

Ryan, Pam Muñoz,


School Library Journal, February 2022. Publishers Weekly, December 2021. Booklist, December 2021. New York Times, March 2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), January 2022. Kirkus Review, May 2022. "On the brink of her Quinceañera, and her official coronation, Princess Solimar is given a magical gift that sets her life on a new path"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

Theo Tan and the fox spirit

Sutanto, Jesse Q.,


School Library Journal, June 2022. Booklist, April 2022. Horn Book, July 2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), May 2022. Publishers Weekly Annex, May 2022. A twelve-year-old Chinese American boy must learn to embrace his heritage and accept his beloved older brother's spirit companion--a mystical fox named Kai--to solve the mystery of Jamie's death.
Date Published:2022

Tristan Strong destroys the world

Mbalia, Kwame,


Map on endpapers. "Rick Riordan Presents." Kirkus Starred, August 2020. Seventh-grader Tristan must return to Alke and enlist the help of African gods and black folktale heroes when Nana is abducted from the Strong family farm in Alabama.
Date Published:2020

Freak the Mighty

Philbrick, W. R., (W. Rodman)


Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal starred. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). Book Links (A.L.A.). Child Study Children's Book Committee. Library Journal Starred. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), April 1998. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. At the beginning of eighth grade, Max, who has a learning disability, and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.
Date Published:2001

Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal starred. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). Book Links (A.L.A.). Child Study Children's Book Committee. Library Journal Starred. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), April 1998. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. At the beginning of eighth grade, Max, who has a learning disability, and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.

Date Published:2001

Game seven

Volponi, Paul,


School Library Journal, May 2015. Booklist, February 2015. Horn Book, October 2015. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), April 2015. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2015. Kirkus Review, January 2015. Library Media Connection, September 2015. "A sixteen-year-old shortstop in Cuba who dreams of playing with the pros must choose between his country and his father who defected to the U.S."--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2016

School Library Journal, May 2015. Booklist, February 2015. Horn Book, October 2015. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), April 2015. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2015. Kirkus Review, January 2015. Library Media Connection, September 2015. "A sixteen-year-old shortstop in Cuba who dreams of playing with the pros must choose between his country and his father who defected to the U.S."--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2016

The Final Four

Volponi, Paul,


Four players at the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament struggle with the pressures of tournament play and the expectations of society at large.
Date Published:2012

Rucker Park setup

Volponi, Paul,


School Library Journal, November 2007. Horn Book, October 2007. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2007. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2007. Kirkus Review, April 2007. Multicultural Review, December 2007. Kliatt, May 2007. While playing in a crucial basketball game on the very court where his best friend was murdered, Mackey tries to come to terms with his own part in that murder and decide whether to maintain his silence or tell J.R.'s father and the police what really happened.
Date Published:2008

School Library Journal, November 2007. Horn Book, October 2007. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2007. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2007. Kirkus Review, April 2007. Multicultural Review, December 2007. Kliatt, May 2007. While playing in a crucial basketball game on the very court where his best friend was murdered, Mackey tries to come to terms with his own part in that murder and decide whether to maintain his silence or tell J.R.'s father and the police what really happened.

Date Published:2008

Response

Volponi, Paul,


Booklist, November 2008. Horn Book, October 2009. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), January 2009. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2009. Library Media Connection, May 2009. Multicultural Review, September 2009. Three boys are charged with a hate crime after an African-American high school student is beaten with a baseball bat in a white neighborhood.
Date Published:2010

The hand you're dealt : a novel /

Volponi, Paul,


Wilson's Senior High School, June 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal, September 2008. Booklist, August 2008. Horn Book, April 2009. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2008. Kirkus Review, August 2008. When seventeen-year-old Huck's vindictive math teacher wins the town poker tournament and takes the winner's watch away from Huck's father while he is in a coma, Huck vows to get even with him no matter what it takes.
Date Published:2010

Wilson's Senior High School, June 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal, September 2008. Booklist, August 2008. Horn Book, April 2009. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2008. Kirkus Review, August 2008. When seventeen-year-old Huck's vindictive math teacher wins the town poker tournament and takes the winner's watch away from Huck's father while he is in a coma, Huck vows to get even with him no matter what it takes.

Date Published:2010

Rikers High

Volponi, Paul,


Originally published in 2002 in slightly different form by Black Heron Press under title: Rikers. Wilson's Senior High School, February 2011. Wilson's Junior High School, October 2010. School Library Journal, January 2010. Publisher's Weekly, January 2010. Booklist, December 2009. Horn Book, October 2010. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2010. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2010. Kirkus Review, January 2010. Library Media Connection, March 2010. Arrested on a minor offense, a New York City teenager attends high school in the jail facility on Rikers Island while waiting for his case to go to court.
Date Published:2010

Originally published in 2002 in slightly different form by Black Heron Press under title: Rikers. Wilson's Senior High School, February 2011. Wilson's Junior High School, October 2010. School Library Journal, January 2010. Publisher's Weekly, January 2010. Booklist, December 2009. Horn Book, October 2010. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2010. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2010. Kirkus Review, January 2010. Library Media Connection, March 2010. Arrested on a minor offense, a New York City teenager attends high school in the jail facility on Rikers Island while waiting for his case to go to court.

Date Published:2010

Poisoned

Donnelly, Jennifer,


School Library Journal, October 2020. In this adaptation of the fairy tale Snow White, the huntsman follows the queen's order to kill Sophie, but the princess is brought back to life by the seven men of the woods, who, along with other brave friends, help Sophie overcome the story's true villain and reclaim her throne.
Date Published:2020

Beastly beauty

Donnelly, Jennifer,


School Library Journal, May 2024. Pub Weekly, March 2024. Booklist, May 2024. When handsome thief Beau enters the castle that appeared out of nowhere he finds himself trapped in Arabella's curse, which can only be broken if she finds a boy who loves her for her true self--a seeming impossibility for a girl who has been told she is impossible to love.
Date Published:2024

Fever Crumb

Reeve, Philip,


Wilson's Senior High School, February 2011. Wilson's Junior High School, October 2010. School Library Journal starred, April 2010. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2011. Booklist starred, January 2010. Library Media Connection starred, March 2010. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, June 2010. Pub Weekly, February 2010. Kirkus Starred, March 2010. Horn Book, October 2010. Foundling Fever Crumb has been raised as an engineer although females in the future London, England, are not believed capable of rational thought, but at age fourteen she leaves her sheltered world and begins to learn startling truths about her past while facing danger in the present.
Date Published:2011

Wilson's Senior High School, February 2011. Wilson's Junior High School, October 2010. School Library Journal starred, April 2010. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2011. Booklist starred, January 2010. Library Media Connection starred, March 2010. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, June 2010. Pub Weekly, February 2010. Kirkus Starred, March 2010. Horn Book, October 2010. Foundling Fever Crumb has been raised as an engineer although females in the future London, England, are not believed capable of rational thought, but at age fourteen she leaves her sheltered world and begins to learn startling truths about her past while facing danger in the present.

Date Published:2011

Marcelo in the real world

Stork, Francisco X.,


Booklist, Horn Book Magazine, Kirkus Review, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly Starred, Voice of Youth Advocates, Marcelo Sandoval, a seventeen-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the mailroom of a corporate law firm.
Date Published:2011

Blue Lily, Lily Blue

Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981-,


School Library Journal starred, November 2014. Booklist starred, September 2014. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, December 2014. Pub Weekly, September 2014. Kirkus Starred, September 2014. Horn Book, April 2015. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2015. The Raven boys have taken in Blue Sargent, and she now has friends she can trust and belong to, but her problems becomes theirs and their problems become hers.
Date Published:2016

School Library Journal starred, November 2014. Booklist starred, September 2014. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, December 2014. Pub Weekly, September 2014. Kirkus Starred, September 2014. Horn Book, April 2015. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2015. The Raven boys have taken in Blue Sargent, and she now has friends she can trust and belong to, but her problems becomes theirs and their problems become hers.

Date Published:2016

The Raven Boys

Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981-,


Originally published in 2012. School Library Journal starred, October 2012. Booklist starred, August 2012. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, September 2012. Pub Weekly, July 2012. Kirkus Starred, August 2012. New York Times, November 2012. Horn Book, January 2013. Choice, April 2013. Teacher Librarian, April 2013. Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent's only gift seems to be that she makes other people's talents stronger, and when she meets Gansey, one of the Raven Boys from the expensive Aglionby Academy, she discovers that he has talents of his own--and that together their talents are a dangerous mix.
Date Published:2013

Originally published in 2012. School Library Journal starred, October 2012. Booklist starred, August 2012. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, September 2012. Pub Weekly, July 2012. Kirkus Starred, August 2012. New York Times, November 2012. Horn Book, January 2013. Choice, April 2013. Teacher Librarian, April 2013. Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent's only gift seems to be that she makes other people's talents stronger, and when she meets Gansey, one of the Raven Boys from the expensive Aglionby Academy, she discovers that he has talents of his own--and that together their talents are a dangerous mix.

Date Published:2013

Mister Impossible

Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981-,


Kirkus Starred, May 2021. School Library Journal, June 2021. Ronan, Hennessy, and Bryde are dreamers; Ronan's dreams always seem to end in random destruction, using up the power of the ley lines he cannot even sense; Hennessy makes multiple copies of herself, dreaming them into reality in search of her own fragile identity, and Bryde dreams of power and reordering his companions and the world to his own specifications; their families and duplicates are the collateral damage of their dreams--and meanwhile they are hunted by the "Moderators," led by Carmen Farooq-Lane and the "Visionary" Liliana, determined to destroy the dreamers and save the world.
Date Published:2021

Kirkus Starred, May 2021. School Library Journal, June 2021. Ronan, Hennessy, and Bryde are dreamers; Ronan's dreams always seem to end in random destruction, using up the power of the ley lines he cannot even sense; Hennessy makes multiple copies of herself, dreaming them into reality in search of her own fragile identity, and Bryde dreams of power and reordering his companions and the world to his own specifications; their families and duplicates are the collateral damage of their dreams--and meanwhile they are hunted by the "Moderators," led by Carmen Farooq-Lane and the "Visionary" Liliana, determined to destroy the dreamers and save the world.

Date Published:2021

Unraveling freedom : the battle for democracy on the home front during World War I /

Bausum, Ann,


Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011. Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011. School Library Journal starred, December 2010. Booklist starred, December 2010. Library Media Connection starred, March 2011. Horn Book, May 2011. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2010. Looks at how U.S. presidents from Wilson to George W. Bush have suspended or revoked guaranteed freedoms in the country during times of war, and includes first-person stories and illustrations.
Date Published:2010

Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011. Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011. School Library Journal starred, December 2010. Booklist starred, December 2010. Library Media Connection starred, March 2011. Horn Book, May 2011. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2010. Looks at how U.S. presidents from Wilson to George W. Bush have suspended or revoked guaranteed freedoms in the country during times of war, and includes first-person stories and illustrations.

Date Published:2010